ARCHDALE – Updates to Archdale’s Pedestrian Network Plan have been approved by the Archdale City Council.

The City Council on Tuesday night voted unanimously to approve the updates to the plan, following a motion from Councilman Lewis Dorsett.

The plan, which includes updates for planned sidewalks and greenways in the city, also was approved unanimously by the city’s Planning and Zoning Board.

According to Jeff Wells, the city’s planning and zoning director, the city’s comprehensive plan states every few years the plan will be evaluated and updated to ensure the plan remains current based on conditions that may have changed over the years.

Before the updates, the pedestrian map planned for 26 miles of sidewalk and 13 miles of greenway trail.

City staff worked with the planning board in work sessions on several minor updates to the plan, according to Wells.

“I appreciate staff’s work on it and looking ahead on it because these get used,” Dorsett said. “People walk. They use these sidewalks. It’s one of the better things we have done, and it has taken several years, but it will get better.”

A total of 8 miles of sidewalk and one-half of a mile of greenway have been added to the city’s plan.

The updates to the plan include continuing installing sidewalks along U.S. 311 from Suits Road to the extent of the city’s extra-territorial jurisdiction, in addition to sidewalks along School Road to Trinity Road to provide connectivity to Trinity’s greenway planned for the Braxton Craven Road area.

A sidewalk also is proposed for Aldridge Road between S. Main Street and Rand Boulevard for connectivity to the city’s Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation lot.

The updates to the plan also propose additional connectivity for the Goodman Street/Luck Drive sidewalk between Main Street and Archdale Road and Gregg Street/Lane Drive sidewalk between Main Street, Archdale Road and Tom Hill Road.

According to Wells, a Park Drive sidewalk is proposed to provide a safe walking path along Park Drive between the city’s recreation center and senior center.

A greenway also is planned to connect the Forest Hills subdivision with multi-family uses along N.C. 62.

City officials hope development activity and grants will allow for the greenways and sidewalks to be completed.

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